Yes you can make a microwave that cooks certain foods to perfection but it turns out that you can also get very close by smashing a +30second button or spinning a dial. You don't even have to read a manual.
That'd be quite awesome tbh.
Bonus if, after 18 months, you need to buy a replacement microwave because a security certificate has expired.
And then you get a Netflix vs. HBO Max problem where one subscription doesn't have potato recipes and the other doesn't have anything that contains butter.
The idea is good. It'll just take a while before someone gets the implementation right.
The June Oven does this, and it works pretty darn well IMO. It's using just a video camera to do food recognition, but it's fairly high-accuracy for recognizing supported foods. The first few times you do it, frankly, it feels kinda magical.
But, actually, a lot of my usage doesn't lean on the pre-set programs. Rather, I do a lot of 'reheat leftovers' by sticking a temperature probe into the food, hooking it in to the oven, and having the oven automatically reheat until the internal temperature is warmed.
Unless the microwave can auto detect what the food is I can't see how this can be fixed.
You don't need that, there are also bookmarks and an alphabetical index. And actually as every item listed on the screen has a separate button, it's almost always less button presses than smashing your +30 seconds button.
Pressing the same button rapidly 4 times is faster and easier than pressing 3 buttons after reading a menu
Isn't that only the case if you already know how long to microwave a potato?